OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Southeastern Naturalist is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Status and Distribution of Alligator Snapping Turtles (Macrochelys temminckii) in Northern Louisiana	8
Looking for Lazarus: Environmental DNA (eDNA) Surveillance of the Federally Threatened Slender Chub (Erimystax cahni) in the Clinch and Powell Rivers	8
Variation in Relative Abundance, Population Structure, and Body Size of the Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys suwanniensis) in the Suwannee River	7
Alabama's Crayfish Species Count Reaches Century Mark: Confirmation of Procambarus barbiger Occurring in Alabama	7
Uninvited Guests: Identifying Parasites and Other Nest Associates of Solitary Bees and Wasps Using Artificial Nest Sites in North Central Florida	7
Georgia Distribution and Characterization of Species within the Eurycea quadridigitata Complex	6
An Overview of Triadica sebifera (Chinese Tallowtree) in the Southern United States, Emphasizing Pollinator Impacts and Classical Biological Control	6
A Camera-trap Survey Targeting Herpetofauna at Naval Air Station, Key West, Florida	6
Limited Morphological Differences of Brown Anoles (Anolis sagrei) between Their Native Cuban and Invasive Florida Range	6
Understory Composition and Structure Influences Deer and Turkey Habitat in Southern Pine Stands	6
Camera-Trapping Survey for Plains Spotted Skunk (Spilogale putorius interrupta) in Eastern Oklahoma	5
Big Turtles Start Small: Trapping Juvenile Alligator Snapping Turtles in South Mississippi and Implications for Conservation	5
Distribution and Relative Abundance of Macrochelys (Alligator Snapping Turtles) in the Florida Panhandle	5
Direct Observation of Muskrat Feeding on Crayfish	4
New Records of the Least Shrew (Cryptotis parva floridana) from Key Largo, Florida	4
Late-Summer Fire Provides Long-Term Control of the Invasive Old World Bluestem (Bothriochloa ischaemum)	4
eDNA Illuminates Broader-Than-Expected Distribution of an Imperiled Freshwater Darter Species (Percidae: Etheostoma striatulum) in the Duck River, Tennessee	4
Observations of the Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle from the Okefenokee Swamp	4
Movements and Habitat Use of Bog Turtles in a Southern Appalachian Bog	3
Condition and Coloration of Lingual Lures of Alligator Snapping Turtles	3
Assessing the Health of a Stream in East Texas: An Approach Using Aquatic Invertebrates and Fish as Bioindicators	3
Comparison of the Relative Abundance of Potential Prey to the Diet of the Louisiana Pine Snake (Pituophis ruthveni)	3
A Species Bioprofile for the Asian Water Monitor (Varanus salvator)	3
New Location Records for Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) Captured during Fishery Surveys in Alabama	3
Observations of a Nuclear–follower Foraging Association between Spiny Softshell Turtles (Apalone spinifera) and Fish in an Urban Drainage Canal in Louisiana	3

Bite-Force Scaling across Size Classes in the Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) and the Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)	3
Diet of Coyotes on the Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge During the White-Tailed Deer Pre-Fawning and Fawning Seasons	3
A Species Profile for the Black Spiny-Tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura similis)	2
Optimizing Select Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri) Reforestation Methods within an Artificial Bald at Mount Buckley, Great Smoky Mountains National Park	2
Noteworthy Books	2
Comparing Aratus pisonii Distributions across Built and Woody Habitats along a Population Range Margin	2
Post-Breeding Movement, Habitat Selection, and Natural History of Collinses' Mountain Chorus Frog in North Carolina	2
Non-Breeding Behavior and Diet of Loggerhead Shrikes in an Intensive Agricultural Region	2
Type Specimens Held in the Fungal, Lichen, and Myxomycete Collections of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU)	2
The Complex Root System of Marsh Shrub Peelbark St. Johnswort (Hypericum fasciculatum) in South Florida	2
First Recorded Observations of Luidia Senegalensis Adults in a Northeast Florida Lagoonal Estuary	2
Short-Term Effects of Two Hurricanes on Bird Populations in Southwestern Louisiana	2
Dung Beetle Community Composition in the Presence and Absence of Mesopredators in a Longleaf Pine Forest	2
Effects of Hurricane Laura on Summer Bat Activity in Central Louisiana	2
Drones Assist in the First Report of a Mixed-Species Group of Tursiops truncatus (Common Bottlenose Dolphin) and a Stenella frontalis (Atlantic Spotted Dolphin) along the Southeast Florida Coast	2
Nesting Behavior and Ecology in a Captive Population of Alligator Snapping Turtles (Macrochelys temminckii)	2
Barn Owl (Tyto alba) Prey from Pellets Collected during Periods of Deficit and Abundant Precipitation in Claiborne County, Tennessee	2
Extralimital Occurrences of Southeastern Myotis in Alabama and Georgia	2
Characterization of a Disjunct Population of Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) and Surrounding Plant Communities in the North Carolina Piedmont after 65 Years of Forest Change	2
Burrow Excavation by an Eastern Spotted Skunk and Visitation by a Long-Tailed Weasel	2
Effects of Hen Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Incubation Recess Behavior on Survival and Nest Survival in Florida	2
Predation of a Cavity Kleptoparasite by an Eastern Rat Snake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis) at an Active Nest Cavity of a Red-Cockaded Woodpecker (Dryobates borealis)	2
Preliminary Evaluation of Two Active-Sampling Methods for Crayfishes on the Southern Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee	2
Distribution Patterns and Factors Influencing Relative Abundance of the Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) in Mississippi	2
The Relationship between Female Body Size and Clutch Size in Frosted Flatwoods Salamanders (Ambystoma cingulatum)	2
Distribution and Demography of the Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) in Texas: A 20-Year Perspective	1
Clay Models and eDNA are Useful Tools for Identifying Predators of Salamanders	1
Factors Influencing Wood Stork Prey Biomass in Roadside Created Wetlands	1
Temporal Assessment of Eastern Spotted Skunk Geographic Distribution	1
First Comprehensive Biodiversity Assessment of Green Glades Ranches West, Hendry County, Florida	1
Maximum Size and Longevity in Pygmy Rattlesnakes (Sistrurus miliarius): The Importance of Field Data	1
Diminished Seed Banks of Two Endemic Scrub Herbs in Roadside Habitat Belie Their Population Booms: Are Robust Roadside Populations a Conservation Mirage?	1
Status, Distribution, and Management of Gopher Tortoises in Highly Urbanized Southeastern Florida	1
Examination of Plains Spotted Skunk (Spilogale interrupta) Burrow Systems	1
Distribution and Abundance of Graptemys Species (G. nigrinoda and G. pulchra) in the Tombigbee River System of Northeastern Mississippi	1
Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Eggs Associated with Nest Chambers of the Trap-Jaw Ant Odontomachus brunneus	1
Evidence of Sexual Dichromatism in the Striped Mojarra (Eugerres plumieri, Gerreidae)	1
Impacts of a Severe Hailstorm on a White-Tailed Deer Population in East-Central Alabama	1
Noteworthy Books	1
Distribution and Roost Site Selection of Eastern Small-Footed Bats (Myotis leibii) in Mountains of West-Central Arkansas	1
Aquatic Invertebrates of Remnant Florida Scrub in Martin County, Southeastern Florida	1
Diets of Black Vultures and Turkey Vultures in Coastal South Carolina, USA with a Review of Species' Dietary Information	1
Microhabitat Use of Turquoise Darters (Etheostoma inscriptum) in Two Streams in the Georgia Piedmont	1
Documenting Wild Turkey Breeding Patterns in North Carolina with Camera Traps	1
Changes in the Forest Bat Community After Arrival of White-Nose Syndrome in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas	1
New State Record of Phytomyza Ditmani Kulp (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in Arkansas	1
Population Characteristics of the Etheostoma pallididorsum Distler and Metcalf (Paleback Darter), a Narrowly Distributed Endemic in the Ouachita Highlands, Arkansas	1
Occurrence of Golden Topminnow, Fundulus chrysotus, in the San Marcos River, Texas	1
Aggregations of Madtoms and Darters in the Clinch River, Tennessee	1
Anthropogenic Threats to Alligator Snapping Turtles (Chelydridae: Macrochelys)	1

American Black Bears Depredate American Alligator Nests in South Florida	1
Diet of the Invasive Argentine Black and White Tegu in Central Florida	1
Distribution and Relative Abundance of Eastern Spotted Skunk Records across Their Range	1
Diel Activity Relationships of Sympatric White-Tailed Deer, Black Bear, and Wild Pig Populations in the Southern Appalachian Mountains of Georgia	1
Noteworthy Books	1
Insect Interactions of Spiranthes Magnicamporum (Orchidacea) in the Black Belt Prairie of Mississippi	1
Using Morphological, Genetic, and Venom Analyses to Present Current and Historic Evidence of Crotalus horridus x adamanteus Hybridization on Jekyll Island, Georgia	1
Two Invasive Reptile Species Cohabitate in an Active Nest of the Endangered Key Largo Woodrat (Neotoma floridana smalli)	1
Spring Migration Behavior of Female Indiana Bats Overwintering in Arkansas	1
Fecundity of the Stream Leuciscid Luxilus chrysocephalus (Striped Shiner) in the Flint River of Alabama	1
The Robber Flies (Diptera: Asilidae) of Longleaf Pine Habitats on Fort Stewart, Georgia	1
The Influence of Urbanization on Bat Species Composition and Activity in Baton Rouge, Louisiana	1
Observations of Male Combat in Alligator Snapping Turtles in Florida and Georgia	1
First Time's a Charm? Loggerhead Neophyte Mothers Have Higher Hatch Success	1
Ecology of Conocephalum salebrosum (Snakeskin Liverwort) in Western North Carolina Streams	1
First Documentation of a Larval Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) in a Bear Creek Tributary, Mississippi	1
Biology and Conservation of Alligator Snapping Turtles (Macrochelys)Dedication	1
High Genetic Diversity and Low Differentiation in Colonized Coyote Populations Across South Carolina	1
Ecological Aspects of the Pirate Perch (Aphredoderus Sayanus) in East Texas Streams	1
Live Coloration and Schooling Behavior of Juvenile Sharptail Mola, Masturus lanceolatus (Tetraodontiformes: Molidae), Off South Florida	1
Habitat Suitability Modeling and Site Verification for the White Fringeless Orchid (Platanthera integrilabia) in Alabama	1
Expanded Geographic Distribution of Multisystemic Enterococcosis Caused by Enterococcus lacertideformus in the Invasive Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei) in Florida	1
Increasing Detections of Small to Medium-Sized Mammals Using Multiple Game Cameras	1
Using Local Ecological Knowledge to Document Distribution and Temporal Patterns of Macrochelys temminckii in Texas	1